THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2009. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS 2009 -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAJOR WORLD EVENTS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER ARCHIVE -- EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES -- PREFACE -- I. OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR -- 2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW -- II. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- UNITED KINGDOM -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- GERMANY -- FRANCE -- ITALY -- BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, AND LUXEMBOURG -- NORDIC COUNTRIES -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- EUROPEAN MINI-STATES -- SPAIN -- GIBRALTAR -- PORTUGAL -- MALTA -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- III. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- POLAND -- ESTONIA-LATVIA-LITHUANIA -- CZECH REPUBLIC -- SLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- MACEDONIA -- KOSOVO -- SERBIA -- MONTENEGRO -- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA -- CROATIA -- SLOVENIA -- RUSSIA -- BELARUS-UKRAINE-MOLDOVA -- ARMENIA-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN -- IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CANADA -- MEXICO -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS -- GUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME -- UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA -- US DEPENDENCIES -- BRAZIL -- ARGENTINA -- PARAGUAY-URUGUAY-CHILE-PERU-BOLIVIA-ECUADOR-COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- ISRAEL -- PALESTINE -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN -- ARAB STATES OF THE GULF -- SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- WESTERN SAHARA -- VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA -- HORN OF AFRICA-KENYA-TANZANIA-UGANDA -- ETHIOPIA-ERITREA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- UGANDA -- NIGERIA -- GHANA-SIERRA LEONE-THE GAMBIA-LIBERIA -- WEST AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE STATES-CENTRAL AFRICAN FRANC ZONE.

SENEGAL-MAURITANIA-MALI-GUINEA-CÒTE D'lVOIRE- BURKINA FASO-TOGO-BENIN-NIGER -- CAMEROON-CHAD-GABON-CONGO-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- CAPE VERDE-GUINEA-BISSAU-SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- BURUNDI AND RWANDA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA-LESOTHO-NAMIBIA-SWAZILAND -- SOUTH AFRICA -- VIII SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN-UZBEKISTAN- KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN -- INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH-SRI LANKA-NEPAL-BHUTAN -- INDIAN OCEAN STATES -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- BURMA-THAILAND-MALAYSIA-BRUNEI-SINGAPORE-VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS -- INDONESIA-PHILIPPINES-EAST TIMOR -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA-HONG KONG-TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA -- MONGOLIA -- X. AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- NEW ZEALAND -- PACIFIC ISLAND STATES -- XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 2009 -- UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2009 -- DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS -- ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF FRANCOPHONIE -- NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) -- THE EUROPEAN UNION -- EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS -- ARAB ORGANISATIONS -- AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES -- EURASIAN ORGANISATIONS -- ASIA-PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS -- XII. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN 2009 -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIV. THE LAW -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN UNION LAW -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- LAW IN THE USA -- XV. RELIGION -- XVI. THE ARTS -- OPERA -- MUSIC -- BALLET AND DANCE -- THEATRE -- CINEMA.

TELEVISION AND RADIO -- VISUAL ARTS -- ARCHITECTURE -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA -- REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON A NEW BEGINNING, CAIRO UNIVERSITY -- REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE -- OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE G-20 LONDON SUMMIT -- LEADERS' STATEMENT FROM THE G-20 PITTSBURGH SUMMIT -- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874 (2009): SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA -- THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES -- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1887 (2009): NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT -- UK MEMBERS' OF PARLIAMENT EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCES -- COPENHAGEN ACCORD -- UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION -- MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION -- NOBEL LAUREATES 2009 -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: POPULATION, GDP AND GROWTH(2009) -- XIX. OBITUARY -- XX. CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 2009 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.